Planning and Building Approval
Council has prepared a series of resources to help our customers with understanding how to make a development application. The Townsville City Plan and ePlanning portal can be found in Planning Guidelines and Tools.
Planning Services is committed to providing a high level of service to our customers and the community.
- View our Planning Services Customer Service Commitment (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Before you begin a project, it's important to find out if you need approval and learn about the different types of development applications.
How to prepare and lodge your development application, and the process that takes place once your application has been lodged.
Access our ePlanning site and our planning scheme (City Plan), as well as our suite of information sheets to answer any additional questions you may have.
Access Council's ePlanning services to find out the rules that apply to your property and browse the Townsville City Plan (the local planning scheme).
View the most up to date statistics for planning and development in Townsville.
Development within the Townsville City Waterfront PDA boundary is assessed against the Townsville City Waterfront PDA Development Scheme.
